August 1, 2024

Video: Tough markets leading some juniors to pad project potential, Doug Silver warns

Founder of the Denver Gold Forum and expert on mineral economics warns that some companies still use deceptive tactics to exaggerate their project's potential.

November 8, 2023

‘No is a valid outcome of consultation,’ groups fighting Taranis’ Thor copper project in BC say

A dispute between Taranis Resources, the British Columbia government and First Nations groups over the Thor project is brewing over deep drilling exploration permit delays.

October 6, 2023

Strike at Newmont’s Peñaquito mine ends with 8% pay raise

Agreement ends a four-month-long strike at Mexico’s largest gold mine, which cost Newmont millions of dollars a day.

May 13, 2023

What Canada’s new Modern Slavery Act means for miners

New legislation has far-reaching implications for all Canadian-headquartered companies that meet the Act’s thresholds, especially those that are part of complex supply chains prone to human rights challenges, like mining.

September 8, 2022

Glencore faces Australian challenge over net-zero strategy

Environmental lawyers ClientEarth support complaint against the miner alleging it could be misleading investors and public over its climate strategy.

July 26, 2022

Greenland Minerals to fight draft rejection of mining permit for rare earths project

The miner will object the draft decision as it relies on a ban on uranium mining, which is being contested separately through arbitration.

July 13, 2022

Ecuador court endorses environmental permits for Dundee’s Loma Larga gold project

The Judicial Labour Unit of the southern city of Cuenca also reaffirmed Dundee’s mining concessions in Ecuador.

May 13, 2022

Brumadinho won’t break Vale, but the piper still hasn’t been fully paid 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against Vale related to the Brumadinho tailings dam failure three years ago is a reminder that the total consequences for the catastrophe are still…

October 26, 2021

Colombian regulator shelves AngloGold’s permit request for Quebradona

ANLA's decision effectively halts the project's development, but does not deny the permit request.

July 21, 2021

US judge to rule by July 29 on request to block Lithium Americas mine

Environmentalists sued earlier this year to block the proposed mine, arguing that it could threaten sage grouse habitats and that the former President Donald Trump's administration erred when it approved…